Tabletop Theory: Recent Episodes
Joe LeConte
Mental health and tabletop RPGs go together like barbarians and battle axes. I've been playing and running games in multiple systems for almost thirty years. From Dungeons and Dragons to Vampire: The Masquerade and everything in between. I also have a masters degree in counseling and currently am a licensed chemical dependency counselor intern in the state of Texas. Come with me as I try to learn and teach about all the wonderful ways applied RPGs can step your game up. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tabletoptheory/support
Role playing games are an excellent environment to develop friendships. By examining the traditional sociological and newer primatological research we can understand how friendships develop. We can also understand why RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons are so good at helping people make friends.
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Research articles below as well:
Making friends after 30: New York Times https:
//www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/fashion/the-challenge-of-making-friends-as-an-adult.html?pagewanted=all&_r=3&
The Three Basics of Friendship: Psychology Today
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-waves/201703/the-three-basics-friendship
With a Little Help From Our Friends: Scientific American Mind
https://lydiadenworth.com/articles/little-help-friends/
The evolutionary origins of friendship: Robert Seyfarth and Dorothy Cheney
https://web-facstaff.sas.upenn.edu/~seyfarth/Publications/annurev-psych-%20Friendship.pdf
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Consent in gaming is a really important topic and book for the Role Playing Game community. I wanted to break it down like a book review so that you could decide weather or not it was worth your time.
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Come listen to the amazing panel that I was able to participate in at PAX West this year. The panel was called TTRPGS: Out of Fantasy Worlds & Into the Real World. We talked about how RPGs can be used as a tool to help people deal with their mental health, learn social skills and study history. My fellow panelists were Maryanne Cullinan, Amelia Herbst, Peter Jung and Alexander Pereira.
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You can follow Amelia on Twitter @Wanderingshrink
You can follow Maryanne on Twitter @Culliope and @Cauldronofcullie
You can follow Peter on Twitter @Rollforkindness
You can follow Alexander on Twitter @Redbreard
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I talk with Maryanne Cullinan a middle school teacher who uses role playing games to help her students learn in the classroom. We talk about the importance of learning styles, student engagement and rocks.
You can follow Maryanne on Twitter @Culliope and @CauldronofCulli
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House rules are a great part of Dungeons & Dragons. I wanted to share some of my favorites.
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In episode 4 I talk with Dr. Eric Wood, the director of the counseling and mental health office at Texas Christian University. Dr. Wood is pioneering a new model of treatment at TCU called the collaborative care model that included supportive communities for groups using Dungeons & Dragons in a therapeutic setting.
You can read Dr. Wood's article in University Business here:
https://universitybusiness.com/campus-counseling-model-concerns-in-the-age-of-covid-19/
You can learn more about the TCU counseling and mental health center here: https://counseling.tcu.edu/
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Players no showing for game night can be really tough on a Game Master. In this video I share some of the ways I help my players and myself deal with last minute cancelations for the group and how to keep your RPG going.
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In episode 3 I talk with Kat Oliver, a talented comic book artist and Game Master. She is the creator of the Dungeon Delves comic strip, an excellent comics talk about RPGs and the people who play them. Her first collection of comics is being released soon. We got to talk about her inspiration for comics, collecting animals and Exalted.
You can follow Kat on Twitter: @DelvesDaily
And on Instagram: @dungeondelves
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In episode 2 I talk with Cheryl Paberzs, a therapeutic Dungeon Master for teens and young adults. Cheryl uses her experience as a marriage and family therapy candidate, crisis response and community mental health. We talk about how she runs her groups and works with her clients.
You can follow Cheryl on Twitter: @puhbearz
You can learn more about Cheryl's practice and her therapeutic groups at her website: https://www.dynamichealingtherapy.com/groups
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Sometimes RPG players lose focus or can't stay engaged at the gaming table. In this video I want to help my fellow game masters by describing the ways I keep players attention at my table. Sometimes it's as simple as asking your players what they would like to change, sometimes the players need a guitar.
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In episode 1 I talk with Peter Jung, a social skills DM and a community mental health worker. He is currently developing several RPG games including "The Caravan Endures" and "Speaking with Monsters".
You can follow Peter on Twitter: @rollforkindness
You can check out his projects and learn more about what he is working on currently at his website: https://rollforkindness.com/
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